High School Journalist Exposes Shady Military Recruiting Practices

GiovanniC

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Thu Jul-28-05 09:50 PM
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High School Journalist Exposes Shady Military Recruiting Practices

The honor student, pretending to have a ganja habit he couldn't kick, went there to score a detoxifying kit the Army office claimed had helped two previous recruits pass drug tests, according to a taped phone conversation broadcast on local TV. McSwane told his recruiter he didn't know what the detox formula looked like, so the man agreed to go to the store with him.

Aside from his drug problem, McSwane said he had no high school diploma � which at that time was true, as he graduated about two months later � and that he had dropped out of high school. No problem, the recruiters told him. There are Web sites where anyone can order a diploma from a school they make up. "It can be like Faith Hill Baptist School or whatever you choose," one recruiter can be heard saying on one of the taped exchanges.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000991306

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mike_c

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Thu Jul-28-05 09:53 PM
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1. pigs....

We need a bacon smilie....

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despairing optimist

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Thu Jul-28-05 09:53 PM
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2. If Judith Miller can get a Pulitzer prize, this kid deserves a dozen

American journalism isn't dead after all.

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proud patriot

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Thu Jul-28-05 09:54 PM
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3. Great Kid , real Journalist

:patriot:

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Ian David

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Thu Jul-28-05 09:55 PM
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4. Do a google search on "Project 100,000" and "Moron Corps" n/t

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